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MDO4000C Mixed Domain Oscilloscope

MDO4000C Mixed Domain Oscilloscope

The most powerful mixed domain oscilloscope, the MDO4000 combines up to six instruments including options like a function generator and a built-in spectrum analyzer. Unlike any other instrument, it can synchronize RF, analog and digital channels – giving unprecedented insight into your design.

More than just a powerful scope

Engineering designs today are a complex mix of processors, serial buses, and wireless interfaces. At the core of the MDO4000C is a reputable Tektronix oscilloscope paired with an expandable platform. Customize it to your testing needs. Add 16 logic channels, a 50 MHz arbitrary/function generator, protocol analysis, and an integrated true hardware 3 or 6 GHz spectrum analyzer to help tackle complex designs challenges.

Highlights

Integrated triggered acquisition system - over 125 trigger combinations in the time AND frequency domains

20 Mpoint record length with Wave Inspector® controls

True spectrum analyzer hardware enables real spectrum analysis

Expandable functionality ensures usefulness well into the future

Accurate Measurements Matter

Put simply, the MDO Series scopes are designed to make the most accurate measurements in the industry – providing an unrivaled view into your designs. The MDO4000C takes measurements on actual acquisition data, while many other instruments only offer a snapshot view by taking measurements on display data. It doesn’t end there. We guarantee more specifications than many of our competitors, ensuring the MDO4000C will give you total confidence in your measurements. After all, measurement accuracy impacts design integrity. Why settle for anything less than precise?

Industry Leading Probes – included with every purchase.

When examining the measurement signal path, probes are a key element that cannot be overlooked. When you buy an MDO4000C the industry’s best probes are included in the price. Featuring industry-best loading of 3.9 pF and bandwidth matched to your oscilloscope, the TPP-series probes will be your go-to probe for everyday use.

Wireless Measurements - at a whole new level

Whether RF measurements make you smile or cringe, the MDO4000C oscilloscope with integrated hardware spectrum analyzer and SignalVu-PC software has you covered. Unlike oscilloscopes that offer FFT “spectrum analysis,” the MDO4000C with true spectrum analyzer provides a triggered acquisition system that is integrated across analog, digital and spectrum analyzer channels. You can perform RF measurements up to 6 GHz, and correlate events in the frequency domain with the time domain phenomena that caused them.

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Embedded Serial Bus Trigger, Decode and Analysis

A single serial bus signal often includes address, control, data, and clock information; making isolating events of interest difficult. The serial application modules for the MDO4000C series transform the oscilloscope into a robust tool for debugging serial buses with automatic trigger, decode, and search.

When performing design EMI/EMC testing, there is always risk it will fail; leading to schedule and budget issues. The MDO4000C with built-in spectrum analyzer, and time correlation of analog, digital and RF signals enables you to perform pre-compliance testing in your lab - greatly improving the probability of a successful first pass of full EMI compliance testing.

Automotive Buses – CAN/CAN FD Trigger, Decode & Analysis

The technical requirements of today’s automobiles require more sophisticated and sensitive electronic components and systems than ever. With six instruments in one, the Tektronix MDO4000C was developed to help meet the challenges for testing and verification of these advanced technologies. Now a single instrument can be used for:

Debugging Serial Buses in Embedded System DesignsLearn the basics of the hardware protocols of the most common serial buses. Find out how to use the protocol trigger, decode and search capabilities of oscilloscopes to solve serial bus integration and debug challenges.
Literature number: 48W-19040-21

MDO How it WorksLook inside a Mixed Domain Oscilloscope to learn how it achieves its performance.
Literature number: 48W-60187-2

Technical Brief

10 Nov 2018

Identifying Setup and Hold Violations with a Mixed Signal OscilloscopeMixed signal oscilloscopes (MSOs) are able to capture both analog and digital representations of signals, making them well-suited for identifying problems with setup and hold times. Learn how to use the digital capture functions of an MSO, as well as the…Literature number: 55W-61095-0

Application Note

10 Nov 2018

MDO4000C Series Oscilloscope
This user manual provides detailed information about the safe and effective operation of the MDO4000C series oscilloscopes.
Part number: 077116702

User

28 Jul 2017

MDO4000C Series
This manual provides customer service procedures for the MDO4000C series oscilloscope. Part number: 077117900

Service

24 Mar 2016

MDO4000C Series
This user manual provides detailed information about the safe and effective operation of the MDO4000C series oscilloscopes. Part number: 077116701